UNESCO IITE Publishes Briefs on Education for Health, Well-being, and Personality Development
UNESCO’s Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) has published the first two briefs in a series, titled “How the Educational Environment and Curricula Contribute to Learners’ Personality Development, Health, and Well-being” and “Teacher personality potential.. →
Planning for healthy and thriving learners: Global launch – 20 November 2025
UNESCO is launching Planning for healthy and thriving learners – a coordinated programme of work to embed health and well-being into education sector planning.
Planning for healthy and thriving learners aims to translate high-level commitments into concrete action, placing.. →
Honorary doctorate awarded to Professor Didier Jourdan
The University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom) has awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Didier Jourdan, holder of the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education and professor at University of Clermont Auvergne. This distinction honours his outstanding contribution to health promotion practice,.. →
Vaud CMS mobilized to meet the challenge of aging well
In the canton of Vaud (Switserland), more than 40,000 people benefit each year from the services provided by Community health and social care centres (CMS). Faced with growing and increasingly specific needs, the Association vaudoise d’aide et de soins à domicile (AVASAD) has been engaged since.. →
Special issue: Child and Adolescent Health in Europe and Central Asia
A special scientific issue by Public Health in Practice, available on ScienceDirect, brings together key articles that support the new Child and Adolescent Health (CAH) strategy in the WHO European Region by providing analysis, evidence and concrete recommendations for its implementation. The recently.. →
Governments across Europe and Central Asia adopt new WHO strategy to give every child a healthy start in life
Source: WHO
All 53 Member States of the WHO European Region have unanimously adopted a bold new strategy to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents across Europe and Central Asia.
Titled “A healthy start for a healthy life: a strategy for child and adolescent.. →
“No progress on social inequalities in health over last decade”, says new data
Source: EuroHealthNet
EuroHealthNet-CHAIN report maps 2014-2024 trends in health, mental health and inequalities in Europe, spurring action on root causes.
Europeans are living longer than ever, but these gains are not shared equally. Social inequalities in health and mental health.. →
Schools4Health Policy Brief Published: Creating Green and Healthy Schools for a Sustainable Future
Source: Schools4Health
How can schools respond to the challenges of climate change, declining child wellbeing, and growing inequalities? The Schools4Health project argues that the answer lies in bringing health promotion and sustainability together under one whole-school approach.
Across.. →
International Round Table Explores Global Perspectives on Good Healthy Schools
On 9 April 2025, the Good Healthy Schools Initiative (GHSI) convened its first international Round Table, bringing together experts from across Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America to discuss how health can be systematically embedded into education systems. The online event, organized by Leuphana.. →
Research shows multiple impacts of COVID-19 school closures on adolescents
Source: University of Huddersfield
Research into the multiple impacts of COVID-19 school closures on adolescent well-being has been published in a key journal. The international study was led by the UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education. Co-chair holder and University of Huddersfield.. →
Webinar 28 October 2025 – Health promotion in the education sector
Time: 8.00 – 9.30 Mexico, 9.00 – 10.30 Colombia, 10.00 – 11.30 Puerto Rico, 11.00 – 12.30 Brazil, 15.00 – 16.30 France
Language: The webinar will be held in Spanish and Portuguese. Translation will be available in 50+ languages, including English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. We.. →
News from IUHPE
The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) recently published their Flash-Info. The IUPHE is a worldwide, independent and professional association of individuals and organisations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the people through education, community action.. →
Schools4Health Policy Brief: Health Promoting Schools as a lever for equity in education
Source: Schools4Health
How can we reduce health and learning disparities that put millions of children and young people at a disadvantage? The answer may begin in schools—but not with schools alone.
The latest policy brief from the Schools4Health project makes a strong case.. →
25-26 September 2025: Launch of the ‘Social inequalities in health in Europe’ report
Source: EuroHealthNet
On Thursday 25 September and Friday 26 September, EuroHealthNet will launch its landmark report, Social Inequalities in Health in the EU. The report has been developed in collaboration with the Centre for Health Equity Analytics (CHAIN).
This trend.. →
Recording available first webinar in series on future-proofing child and adolescent health in Europe and Central Asia
The first webinar in the webinar series on future-proofing child and adolescent health took place on 17 June 2025.The webinar presented key findings from the new WHO/UNICEF fact sheets, which highlight urgent trends and emerging priorities for child and adolescent health and well-being in Europe and.. →
Register now for the 13th IAAH World Congress on Adolescent Health
Register before Monday 30 June for the 13th IAAH World Congress on Adolescent Health and take advantage of the exclusive Early Bird Rate.
Join the 13th IAAH World Congress on Adolescent Health, a premier gathering of health practitioners (public health, health promotion, clinicians) researchers,.. →
School supported by Tarang Health Alliance shortlisted for the World’s Best School Prize
One of the government schools where Tarang Health Alliance is implementing their comprehensive school health education, NIT-5 School Faridabad, has been shortlisted for the World’s Best School Prize in the category of “Supporting healthy lives”. Only ten schools were.. →
WHO Collaborating Centers back WHO in an open letter in The Lancet
Current directors, past directors, and members of WHO Collaborating Centres sign an open letter in support of WHO which was published by the Lancet on 14 June 2025.
“As current directors, past directors, and members of WHO Collaborating Centres, we fully support WHO in carrying out the.. →
Webinar series: Future proofing child and adolescent health in Europe and Central Asia
Join the first webinar in a new series on future-proofing child and adolescent health in Europe and Central Asia.
This three-part series supports the development of the upcoming Regional Strategy on Child and Adolescent Health and Well-being (2026–2030), led by WHO and UNICEF Europe.. →
5th edition Global Community Health Annual Workshop – Confirmed speakers
On 10, 11 and 12 June 2025 the 5th edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop will take place as an online event. This year’s workshop theme is ‘Building healthy, fair and climate-smart communities: addressing commercial determinants of health’.
During the workshop the.. →